New York Times Calls Holder And Avenatti’s Rhetoric ‘Righteous Anger’ And ‘Showing Strength And Fighting Back’

9:36 AM 10/12/2018 | Politics

Evie Fordham | Politics and Health Care Reporter

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The New York Times referred to former Attorney General Eric Holder and lawyer Michael Avenatti’s rhetoric as channeling “righteous anger,” in a Friday news story titled “Michelle Obama Wanted Democrats to ‘Go High.’ Now They Aren’t So Sure.”

Their strategy is one “that some Democrats find appealing — showing strength and fighting back,” the story’s homepage banner read.

“When they go low, we kick them,” Holder said this week, changing up a famous phrase of former first lady Michelle Obama.

“It is one thing for Mr. Avenatti, the party’s telegenic anti-Trump id, to seize this kind of rhetorical real estate,” The NYT news story read. “But increasingly, much of the Democratic establishment seems to be marching that way, too, channeling the righteous anger of the progressive base.”

“You cannot be civil with a political party that wants to destroy what you stand for,” Clinton said Tuesday. “If we are fortunate enough to win back the House and/or the Senate, that’s when civility can start again. But until then, the only thing that the Republicans seem to recognize and respect is strength.”

The NYT also lauded Clinton for her “toughness that could match any man’s” and her “2016 turn as a stateswoman and grandmother.”

Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton participates in a discussion during the 2018 Atlantic Festival Oct. 2, 2018 in Washington, D.C. Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images

In the final section of the Friday news story, The NYT pointed out that Democratic Texas Rep. Beto O’Rourke is down in the polls compared to Republican rival Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas because O’Rourke “has tested the limits” of a less combative strategy by “preaching high-mindedness and understanding” in a red state.

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